Blogs in April 2025

Lessons 25th April 2025

When the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has descended, young Roland Baines’s life is turned upside down. Stranded at boarding school, his vulnerability attracts his piano teacher, Miriam Cornell,...

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Mamele 25th April 2025

‘When my mother washed my hair she crooned, mamele, mamele, into my ear. Little mother, meaning little daughter, meaning you’re a good girl, Edie.’ Edie lives with her partner Joanna in a crumbling country house in Broadstairs. They have...

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Mind Over Murder 24th April 2025

When Oxford journalist-turned-therapist Janna Rose is called to identify the body of her old flame Daniel, she is plunged into a conspiracy that threatens all she holds dear. Janna must follow a trail of cryptic clues, and deploy all...

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Hail Mary 24th April 2025

A stunning collection of short stories capturing the lives of nine Nigerian women, each very different, each determined to fight for themselves. Meet Ifeoma. She’s been ready to leave her violent husband for some time, but her plans for...

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Secrets of the Bees 23rd April 2025

Time has forgotten this remote corner of West Cornwall, and left its many secrets undisturbed. Until now… Ezra Curnow has lived in the little cottage on the Trengrose estate all his life. He was born there, as was his...

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